. . . and enjoying it a lot, I must say. I'm glad the producers were able to read my reviews of last season and take steps to address my complaints about how candyass easy the race had become. No more! This crop of teams is really being put through the grinder physically. Either the dreaded "ascender" or a detour involving mad paddling on open water would be a lot for one day. Doing both back-to-back looked grueling. I wasn't surprised to see people crying from exhaustion at the end of it. And the whole, "navigate your way through a foreign country" element has been ramped back up. Hopefully we're done with last season's "Race as Guided Tour" method of herding everyone onto staggered charter buses whenever they had to go overland. As long as they keep it up with the suspect local transportation, Soviet-era pseudovehicles, and cab drivers of wildly varying quality, I'll be happy.
Since the race itself has been so fun to watch, and the locales so stunning, I'm just starting to get a handle on the racers. And I suspect the teams I've become the most attached to are pretty much doomed, especially if the race's current intensity is maintained. So, enjoy them while they last:
David and Mary: I like them. I see why the casting director looked beyond their bad teeth and put them on the show. They have depth (by reality show standards), heart, and open minds. Most importantly, they don't hesitate to turn the bicker up to 11 when things get even moderately tough. I hope they can stick around for a few more weeks.
Dustin and Kandice: Is Dustin her real name? Why would you give your daughter such a blatantly masculine name? Why not Butch? Arnold? Come to think of it, I once met a woman named Douglas. It's weird. I'll let it go, however, because I like watching scheming, sneaky, line-cutting beauty queens at work. All that, and they threw in the waterworks of shame when they messed up the detour and all seemed lost. Pure gold.
Lyn and Karlyn: Are they doing it for their kids? I thought I heard one of them mention that they're doing it all for their kids, but I could be wrong.
Peter and Sarah: Peter's watching from home, thinking, "Dammit, I got villain editing. I was going for inspirational, and they stuck me with the villain editing. Me! No fair!" And Sarah's watching from home, thinking, "I can't believe I ever dated that tool. Wow--am I crying again?"
Yep, it doesn't look good for these teams. Just a few more detours requiring upper body strength, the weak will fall away, and we'll be watching the two teams of young, strong guys battle it out for the money, along with that rageaholic young guy who'll be dragging his rageaholic girlfriend across the finish line while she calls him names.
Yep, I bet Tyler and James are already planning the bender that's going to start about 7 minutes after they find a payday loan store in Midtown that will cash a giant check for a million dollars.
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